I was chatting with my coworkers the other day and the conversation drifted
to pets, and then to stories of people being injured by their dogs - knocked
over, run over, dragged, wrapped by leashes, etc. Bones were broken, skin
was ripped, bruises were made, etc. The consensus was that dogs are often a
cause of injury to people, and not just by biting.
How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?

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I was chatting with my coworkers the other day and the conversation drifted
to pets, and then to stories of people being injured by their dogs -
knocked
over, run over, dragged, wrapped by leashes, etc. Bones were broken, skin
was ripped, bruises were made, etc. The consensus was that dogs are often
a
cause of injury to people, and not just by biting.
How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?


i don't know how many times Lola has bonked me in the head with that thick
pit bull skull of hers. it usually happens when i'm bending down for a good
morning kiss, and she jumps up to meet me halfway.

she's a menace, that one.

-kelly

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How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?

Tripped, trampled, bruised, pinched, ankle & wrist sprains, black eye,
scored face...and that's just me in the last 4 years.

My 9yo daughter has been trampled, bruised & had leash-burn. Husband gets
off really easy for some reason.

A friend's dog knocked her front tooth out so now she has a partial.

--
Tara

"traceroute" wrote in message
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I was chatting with my coworkers the other day and the conversation drifted
to pets, and then to stories of people being injured by their dogs -
knocked
over, run over, dragged, wrapped by leashes, etc. Bones were broken, skin
was ripped, bruises were made, etc. The consensus was that dogs are often
a
cause of injury to people, and not just by biting.
How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?



I haven't been injured by my dogs. I train them.

traceroute wrote:

I was chatting with my coworkers the other day and the conversation drifted
to pets, and then to stories of people being injured by their dogs - knocked
over, run over, dragged, wrapped by leashes, etc. Bones were broken, skin
was ripped, bruises were made, etc. The consensus was that dogs are often a
cause of injury to people, and not just by biting.
How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?

Heh - good thing I love 'em.

Not counting the many many times I was bumped, clawed and knocked over...

Dylan broke my finger when she lunged - my fault, I was holding the
leash improperly. And a couple of times she tried to bend my knees
sideways with body slams.

Poco, my parents' Chihuahua, bit me on the nose, enough to draw blood.
My fault again - I was in his face teasing him.

But the best was the Oppie-Dylan tag-team. I was starting out to walk
them, and Oppie lurched ahead just as Dylan crossed in front of me. I
went over flat on my face. Somehow I escaped with just a few scrapes
from the asphalt.

Gottalovem.

FurPaw


--

I don't mind coming to work, but that eight hour wait to go home is a bitch.

To reply, unleash the dog

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I haven't been injured by my dogs. I train them.

i wondered who'd say that first. :-)

what about other people's dogs? i met a woman at the dog park who was on
crutches. she was recovering from surgery on her knee. seems some random
Lab had slammed into her from the front, popping her knee out and backwards.
the owner saw her on the ground, and said, "sorry, you know how dogs are",
then left.

-kelly

"traceroute" wrote in message
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I was chatting with my coworkers the other day and the conversation drifted
to pets, and then to stories of people being injured by their dogs -
knocked
over, run over, dragged, wrapped by leashes, etc. Bones were broken, skin
was ripped, bruises were made, etc. The consensus was that dogs are often
a
cause of injury to people, and not just by biting.
How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?


Well, I can't think of many injuries with my dogs being that they are wimpy
collies. They don't pull, they don't jump up, and they are fairly mellow.

That said, when I'm training with the clicker, I do have to work on
"Gentle! (dammit!)". Normally Pablo, for example, is very good about taking
treats but when he's gotten a click and is very keen on that forthcoming
treat, he'll rake my finger or palm skin with those sharp incisors of his.

Twice I've jumped in the middle of dog fights (one serious, one minor) and
in both cases my only injury was one or two bent back/torn off nails/ bloody
nail beds from grabbing canine body parts. Considering that I was in the
middle of pissed off dogs who possess pointy teeth, I think I came out of it
pretty good.

In my old neighborhood in Pittsburgh, there was a clueless woman who let her
extremely happy Shepherd mix zoom around while on a flexi. Once, while
wearing shorts, I was caught up in the flexi rope and got a nasty rope burn
on the back & side of both knees.

Chris and her smoothies
Pablo & Lucy

From: "traceroute"

I was chatting with my coworkers the other day and the conversation drifted
to pets, and then to stories of people being injured by their dogs - knocked
over, run over, dragged, wrapped by leashes, etc. Bones were broken, skin
was ripped, bruises were made, etc. The consensus was that dogs are often a
cause of injury to people, and not just by biting.
How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?

I;ve had several dog related injuries, but the dogs weren't necessarily the
cause! Just seems that I can be pretty klutzy while involved in dog events.
Have broken a foot playing ball with a dog in the yard (kicked the picnic table
in bare feet). Broke a knee jumping over a ring gate at a flyball tournament.
Have fallen over dogs who have run TO me instead of running along side. OUCH -
no broken bones from that though, maybe a few bruises.




Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

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I was chatting with my coworkers the other day and the conversation
drifted
to pets, and then to stories of people being injured by their dogs -
knocked
over, run over, dragged, wrapped by leashes, etc. Bones were broken, skin
was ripped, bruises were made, etc. The consensus was that dogs are often
a
cause of injury to people, and not just by biting.
How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?

Does tripping over a black, sleeping dog in the dead of night count as the
dog injuring me? I think it was more of me injuring me. :-)

No serious injury. Just a bump on the noggin from the bedpost and a broken
toe. Dog woke up and looked at me like I had three heads. I have learned to
not travel through my house in the dark.

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How many here have been injured by dogs, or know someone who has?

My MIL had her shoulder dislocated by her 12 lb dog.

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Marcel and Moogli